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The budgetary allocation aims to subsidise the purchase of machinery by farmers in a bid to curb stubble burning BUDGET NEWS  : The severity of Delhi's air pollution woes has earned the problem an area inside the Centre's allocations in budget 2018. in line with reviews, an amount of Rs 10 billion (1,000 crore) will be allotted below price range 2018 to combat issues like stubble burning, which has been attributed as a first-rate cause for Delhi's now-notorious air first-class. so one can smooth up the capital's air, or at the least make it greater breathable, and cease the residents' annual exercising of choking underneath a blanket of smog, the Centre has determined to earmark Rs 10 billion (1,000 crore) in the imminent budget to decrease the exercise of stubble burning in Delhi's neighbouring states like Punjab and Haryana, the instances of India reported on Thursday. additionally examine: India amongst five worst international locations in cur...

Auto industry would find it difficult to be ready for the demand in such short period LATEST NEWS :  As a measure to reduce the toxicity in Delhi's air, which rises every year during the winters, Prime Minister Narendra Modi -led government on Wednesday advanced rolling out of Bharat Stage (BS)-VI fuel in the national capital by two years to April 2018. Bharat stage emission standards -known as Bharat Stage (BS)- are emission standards to regulate the air pollutants output. The petroleum ministry, in a statement, informed that the government after consulting Oil Marketing Companies (OMC) has decided to "fast-forward" the date of BS-VI grade auto fuel launch in view of the prevailing smog situation in Delhi. The ministry had introduced the BS-IV grade transportation fuels across the country in April this year. Though the government has taken this step to reduce pollution in Delhi and National Capital Region, the auto experts feel it would certainly...

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that a decision on implementing the Odd-Even formula would be taken by today or tomorrow, if the need arose LATEST NEWS : The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday banned construction and industrial activities in Delhi-NCR till November 14. Further, it said that no trucks from outside or within Delhi would be permitted to transport any construction material. The NGT directed authorities to implement EPCA's directions to improve ambient air quality. It also directed civic bodies to constitute teams to ensure that there is no burning of waste in Delhi-NCR. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that a decision on implementing the Odd-Even formula would be taken by today or tomorrow, if the need arose. (Read our special here about how we can handle Delhi's 'airpocalypse') The green tribunal pulled up the Delhi government, municipal corporations and neighbouring states over pollution levels in the...